I used to believe if a person raised their hands during the worship service at church, God would reach down and bring them up to heaven.
A childhood belief about church

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that every time I went to church, I got "points" to go to heaven. — Poxy
- I used to believe that a wake was something you go to to try to bring the dead person back to life.Anon
- I used to believe that on your birthday everybody would worship you! (I guess I was wrong).— supergirl
- I used to think that church songs were pop music. Well, we did sing them in church every week...— Roxy
- My fiance was in church as a kid and he saw the Vicar of the church and asked his Mum if it was God.— Andys fiancee
- When I was younger I used to think I was raised by Ewoks.— Travis